Isbn: 9780806116105 - man and the biosphere (1 resultados)

Trade Paperback. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. {University of Oklahoma Press; Norman, Oklahoma; 1980; Trade Paperback; Near Fine/No Jacket; Oblong 4to - over 9¾" - 12" wide; ISBN: 0-8061-1610-2.} Covers slightly rubbed, else Fine. "Information Synthesis Project of the Man and the Biosphere Program, Project Eight [conducted by the Oklahoma Biological Survey] was supported by the U.S. National Park Service (Contract no. CX0001-6-0013)." Man and the Biosphere Program [MAB] Project 8: Conservation of Natural Areas and the Genetic Material They Contain, referred to as Biosphere Reserves. "This publication was produced by the Information Synthesis Project. All the information utilized has been supplied by investigators, managers and administrators of the Biosphere Reserves. We anticipate that the products of this project will assist in producing a logical design for the U.S. MAB-8 Biosphere Reserve project, provide a much needed understanding of the U.S. sites as an array or constellation, and supply the foundations for the orderly initiation of second generation activities such as research and management projects, personnel exchanges, publications, and selection of additional Biosphere Reserves in the U.S. and other nations." Includes information on the 28 U.S. Biosphere Reserves, including: a description and characterization of each reserve; an evaluation and analysis of these sites as a total system in the context of the environmental characteristics of the U.S.; a summarization of existing research and monitoring projects at each reserve; and a bibliography of the information about the reserves. Listing updated 5-11-2005.…